60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Adventure, Investigation, Interactive Fiction.
In a dark world where reality blends with illusion, you strive to uncover the mystery of your sister's death. Explore locations, interact with characters, and gather clues. Gradually, your mind begins to betray you, and each step could lead either to the truth or to madness.
Karolina
"Carolina" is a story-oriented game about a girl with a difficult fate.
Fragmented Memories - Arc One
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
"Carolina" is a story-oriented game about a girl with a difficult fate.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Supernatural 9.4%
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Detective 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 10.6%
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Drama 10.6%, Detective 10.2%
Explore a haunted convent with your EMF detector, tape recorder, and camera. Uncover the fate of four ghostly sisters and the mystery behind the murder they commited. Every room hides a clue, every shadow a warning, and the truth waits for those who dare to seek it.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Supernatural 10.4%, Hidden Object 10.2%
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 18.3%, Drama 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Text-Based 9.2%
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Supernatural 10%
After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...
Why similar: Word Game 21%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Text-Based 10.7%
欢迎来到温泉岛，我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗？那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落，那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说，那里是另一个世界，由贪婪，欲念构成的炼狱……最后，请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 13.8%, Drama 12.1%, Investigation 10.7%
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Thriller 12.7%, Drama 11.9%
When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
Why similar: Detective 30%, Investigation 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Drama 14%, Dark 10.6%
Uncover the dark past of an orphanage, gather clues and evidence, solve puzzles, and unveil the truth in a gripping suspense game. Your main mission is to unravel the mystery. Get ready for shocking revelations as you immerse yourself in the intriguing and chilling atmosphere.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.7%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Supernatural 10.2%, Psychological 9.8%
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Word Game 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Drama 11.6%
Nascence is a first-person puzzle adventure that puts you in the shoes of Thomas, a man on a mission to unravel the secrets of Reluné. The French village was the scene of a witch's execution hundreds of years ago, and is now the epicenter of a deadly disease.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Supernatural 10.1%, Psychological 9.8%, Drama 9.8%
This is a text-based deduction game. Your choices will change the development of events, make up different timelines, and lead to different endings. Your primary task is to sort out the cause-and-effect relationships between events from textual descriptions.
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
In Bound by Bones, a supernatural horror experience, you are trapped in the space between life and death—forced to uncover and destroy the cursed remains of violent spirits before they consume you. The only way to survive is to find their scattered bones… and burn them.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Supernatural 10.3%
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Detective 20.4%, Supernatural 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Thriller 5.7%
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Drama 10.3%, Thriller 10%
DOMUS ABSCONDITA is single player horror and mystery adventure. Step into the shoes of a private investigator and try to uncover all the secrets of the Manor. Will you escape with the truth, or will you become another lost soul within its haunted halls?
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 19.1%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.5%
Play as Wan, owner of a small midnight noodle bar. Every night, tired souls stop by after long days. Serve warm noodles, listen to their stories, and offer gentle encouragement. No battles, no pressure—just quiet comfort and the power to help others face tomorrow with confidence.
Why similar: Word Game 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Detective 15.5%, Drama 11%, Psychological 10.7%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Psychological 13.1%, Drama 11.4%, Thriller 10.1%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, discover and deduce redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Investigation 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 13%, Supernatural 10.4%
A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Psychological 9.4%
You find yourself in a house that the owners have long since abandoned. But something lurks in the shadows, watching your every move. Explore the rooms, solve the mysteries, and find a way to banish the evil... Before it gets to you.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Supernatural 15.3%, Detective 13.8%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Word Game 18.1%, Drama 12.7%, Supernatural 11.1%, Thriller 10.6%
There is a monster living in your apartment.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 10.4%, Hidden Object 9.8%, Psychological 8.2%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological 11%, Hidden Object 9.6%
🧠 BRAINROOMS is a grotesque horror born from a twisted internet: rotten memes, entities laughing at you, rooms that feel all wrong. A trashy, surreal nightmare where you scream, laugh, and lose your mind. Survive… if you can even grasp what’s happening.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Detective 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Dark 12.1%
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Drama 10.4%
You arrive home and notice that something very bad has happened to your wife.
Why similar: Investigation 23.6%, Psychedelic 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 5%
你在一栋被完全封锁的公寓里觉醒，但是除了自己的化名以外对自己的过去一无所知。神秘的幕后黑手逼迫这所公寓里所有人自相残杀，而你以及这所公寓乃至整个世界真正的真相是什么？
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Detective 30.5%, Investigation 23.6%, Text-Based 13.1%
"The Night the Star Fell" is a 2D pixel-art adventure game that blends mystery with horror. Our protagonist, Shinonome Yuki, who, together with his sister Akari, must uncover the truth behind the murder cases and the evil lurking beneath the tranquility of their small town……
Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Drama 16%, Psychological 10.2%, Detective 7.5%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Drama 9.6%, Dark 9.5%
This is a click to decrypt game that includes storyline, role-playing, and detective gameplay. The student played by the player will reason and decrypt school gossip events in the school.
Why similar: Word Game 24.5%, Detective 19.1%, Psychological 11.7%, Drama 11.6%, Supernatural 11.6%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
A faceless nightmare is here to rid the world of the chemical that made impossible technology possible. You, as the puny human Chance, have just crashed in the middle of that warzone. Good luck.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
You are a detective who wants to investigate how all the inhabitants of a city died due to a virus. It all started in a hotel that was abandoned along with the city, and it was rumored to be haunted. You are on a quest for answers.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Investigation 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Hidden Object 11%, Drama 9.7%
A story-driven puzzle game where players unravel the mystery of a tragic accident by solving riddles and uncovering clues hidden in the lyrics of haunting songs.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Detective 15.8%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Adventure 8.5%
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 20.6%, Supernatural 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Thriller 9.2%
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 28.5%, Drama 13.2%, Supernatural 13%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10.1%
《此间相》是一款有关怪谈、灵异的avg视觉冒险文字游戏。大学生安和同好友叁添因诡异傩面，意外触发诅咒，额角瞳孔”让安和窥见事物真相，但安和面临抉择，在此间之相，安和该何去何从。
Why similar: Word Game 25.5%, Investigation 22.2%, Drama 13%, Supernatural 10.8%, Text-Based 10.5%
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 24.7%, Detective 22.6%, Investigation 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Exploration 6.7%
In Maledictum (1–4 co-op), you’re not a ghost hunter you’re an Investigator of Guilt. Identify the entity, uncover the victim/culprit/cause, and decide a final ritual to free or condemn a spirit that reacts to your voice.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Supernatural 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 17.8%, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 11.1%
A procedural mystery game where you play as a detective racing against time to solve a murder case. As toxic gas slowly shrinks the map, find hidden clues and freely interrogate suspects with open-ended questioning. Manage your investigation under increasing pressure in a challenge against time.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Detective 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Drama 9.4%
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑，根据匿名信件中的拓片线索，深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村，这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事，并在村庄中展开调查，你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Drama 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Psychological 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Drama 11.6%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Supernatural 13.5%, Drama 13%, Detective 12.9%
It is a hermetic horror that pretends to be your friend. The game begins at a flower shop. At first, it looks like a naive florist simulator. Gradually, the game pulls you into the abyss of madness.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 11.2%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 18.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Drama 9.5%
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Psychedelic 9.7%
《流言侦探》是一款诡异，烧脑，悬疑推理剧情游戏，在游戏的体验中，玩家自主找出线索，并利用线索，和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法，玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者，玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相，找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 38.6%, Detective 21.7%, Drama 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Casual 3.7%
ESCAPE SITE 13 is a side-scrolling adventure set in the SCP universe, continuing the narrative of SCP-1730. As Investigator Liu Zhiming, explore Site 13, solve puzzles, and confront deadly anomalies. Uncover dark secrets in this chilling tale where reality warps and the past refuses to stay buried.
Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Text-Based 11.8%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 10.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Text-Based 10.1%
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
The Apartment Lies is a first person anomaly horror game where you must spot altered objects in a seemingly normal apartment. Observe carefully, choose the correct door, and survive psychological tension, sudden jumpscares, and brutal horror.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Investigation 18.9%, Supernatural 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.3%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Supernatural 12.2%, Text-Based 10.7%
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Thriller 8.7%
